Clarinets BIG and small- How to Utilize Them ALL!

- This clinic will help band and orchestra directors to improve their clarinet sections by addressing important fundamental ensemble skills such as leadership roles, part independence and player confidence. This clinic will also address the idiosyncrasies of each instrument in the clarinet family (B-flat, E-flat, Alto clarinet, and Bass clarinet) such as intonation, tone color, blend/balance, and technical challenges.
- Janice L. Minor (minorjl@jmu.edu)
- 12/19/2014 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
- Meeting Room W184
- Founded in 1995 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music,The Prestige Clarinet Quartet is group of four versatile clarinetists, armed with a wide array of exciting repertoire performing recitals and conducting master classes throughout the United States. Each of the quartet’s members is active as an orchestral player, solo recitalist, chamber musician, clinician, and music educator. For two consecutive years, the Prestige Quartet was the winner of the WGUC-90.9 FM (Cincinnati, Ohio) Young Artists Program, featuring the ensemble on live radio broadcasts. A winner of the International Clarinet Association’s Recording Competition, the quartet’s performance of Augustin Kubizek’s Three Sketches op. 44/2 is available on the “Music from the ICA” compact disk. The Prestige Clarinet Quartet has been a featured ensemble at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest in Columbus, Ohio, Atlanta, Georgia, Kansas City, Missouri, Los Angles, California, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium in Norman, Oklahoma, the Interlochen Center for the Arts, and Bayview Music Festival in Michigan.
Janice L. Minor is the clarinet professor at James Madison University and the Saarburger Serenaden: International Music Festival in Saarburg, Germany. An active chamber and orchestral musician she has performed with the Montpelier Wind Quintet, Prestige Clarinet Quartet, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Pops, Cincinnati Opera, Richmond Symphony, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, and on soundtracks for The Discovery Channel/National Geographic. Appearances as soloist, chamber musician and clinician include the U.S. Army Europe Band in Heidelberg, Germany, U.S. Army Band Pershing’s Own, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Eighteenth Century Ensemble, Aspen Music Festival, Lucca Music Festival in Italy, Interlochen Arts Academy, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Primary teachers include Ronald de Kant, Larry Combs, John Yeh, Robert Marcellus, Clark Brody, and Ben Armato. A Buffet Crampon U.S.A. performing artist, her current CD, The Recital Clarinetist with pianist Paulo Steinberg, is being produced and distributed by Summit Records. For more information please visit www.janicelminor.com.